Observer

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• science fiction video game

• cyberpunk video game

• psychological horror fiction

• adventure game^*

• horror game^*

• vehicle simulation game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Observer

Engines

• Unreal Engine 4

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Adventure^*
• Indie^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Japanese^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Korean^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Korean^*

Community tags · historical

• Cyberpunk^*

  Votes · historical

  240^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  160^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  160^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  146^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  124^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  105^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  98^*

• Walking Simulator^*

  Votes · historical

  96^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  92^*

• Detective^*

  Votes · historical

  91^*

• Dystopian ^*

  Votes · historical

  89^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  81^*

• Futuristic^*

  Votes · historical

  78^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  61^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  46^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  30^*

• Nudity^*

  Votes · historical

  23^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  17^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 7^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i3 (3.4 GHz) / AMD A8-7600 (3.1 GHz)^*

  Memory

  8 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce 660 / AMD R9 270^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Storage

  10 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  16.04, 17.04, SteamOS 2.0^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i3 (3.4 GHz) / AMD A8-6700 (3.1 GHz)^*

  Memory

  8 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 680^*

  Storage

  10 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  VRAM: 2 GB^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  MacOS 10.12.6^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Core i5 3.3 GHz (4 Cores)^*

  Memory

  8 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  NVIDIA GeForce GT 680 / AMD R9 M290^*

  Storage

  20 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  VRAM: 2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  14^*

  Community confidence

  moderate^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• Bloober Team
• Bloober Team SA^*

Publishers

• Aspyr

• Bloober Team^*

• 2017-08-15

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows

• 2017-10-24

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  macOS

• 2017-10-24

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Linux

• 2019-02-07

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2017-08-14 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2017-08-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 15, 2017^*

Detailed specifications